[Bldg-sim] COMNET Web Portal for LEED Automation Now Available!

[info at comnet.org]

COMNET.org is excited to launch our first commercial product that  
allows design teams to directly upload their building energy modeling  
information into LEED Online. The COMNET Energy Modeling Portal is  
available in a beta phase and we are currently looking for users to  
test the system for free. Using the portal can save substantial time  
and offers basic quality assurance features to reduce errors in LEED  
submittals to GBCI. The COMNET portal currently supports eQUEST  
(native .sim files) and Trane TRACE™ 700 (XML output file). Trane was  
the first modeling software vendor to utilize the COMNET XML output  
schema.

You can access the COMNET Portal here: http://www.comnet.org/mgp/portal/

We'd really appreciate your feedback so that we can improve the  
portal. Please e-mail us directly with any comments at  
info(at)comnet(dot)org

More about COMNET:
COMNET is an initiative to standardize building energy modeling, by  
creating consistent baselines relative to various energy codes. COMNET  
extends and supports existing systems for assessing and rating the  
energy efficiency of new commercial and multifamily buildings in the  
United States. The core component of COMNET is a set of guidelines and  
procedures that governs this standardization. COMNET will also offer  
quality assurance services to green building rating agencies, energy  
code authorities, utility energy efficiency programs, and other  
programs that rely on, or require, energy models.